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New Jersey

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Delta Air Lines Offering Rangers Fans The Inconvenience Of A Free Flight To Jersey

    Delta Air Lines is offering a free flight for New York Rangers fans planning to attend game three of the NHL's Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday. Problem is, the game's in New Jersey, and it will probably take four times as long to fly there than it would to just drive or use public transportati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Tanning Is The New Blackface!

    New Jersey kook Patricia Krentcil has become the poster lady for too much time in the tanning booth. What's more, she allegedly brought her five-year-daughter in there too, resulting in charges of "second degree child endangerment," not to mention lord know what degree burns. (Krentcil pleaded not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    This Week In The Voice: Jack White; The Burrell Brothers

    In this week's Village Voice, out now: I dive into Jack White's relatively menalcholy new album Blunderbuss, and Andy Beta talks to the legendary house producers the Burrell Brothers about their days of crafting dance music in a New Jersey basement.

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    The Tunnel To Nowhere: Times Report Questions Gov. Christie's Decision To Scrap ARC Plan

    When Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey struck down the Access to the Region's Core (ARC) plan two years ago, he gained enormous praise from the Right for standing up to the Obama administration's demands. However, according to a report this morning from the New York Times, the decision ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Mike Bloomberg: New Jersey Criticism of NYPD Muslim Spying is 'Ridiculous'

    Mayor Mike Bloomberg was on the defense this morning against criticisms thrown at him this week that the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey is arrogant and paranoid. Since the Associated Press came out with reports that the NYPD spied on Muslim student groups at cam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    New Amsterdam Market Gets a Pop-Up Soda Fountain

    Remember when the perfect Valentine's Day date was taking your sweetheart to the soda fountain for a nice coke float? Neither do we. But you can re-create the experience at the pop-up soda fountain at New Amsterdam Market this weekend.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Obama to Free New Jersey Schools From No Child Requirements

    President Obama is expected to announce today that he will allow ten states to be exempted from the strict test-based measures of the No Child Left Behind Act. The states are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee -- and our beloved neighbor New ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

    Pazz & Jop Comments 2011: The Personals

    Feelings, whoa-whoa-whoa

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    New Jersey Children Are Being Armed With Umbrellas to Protect Against Seagull Shitstorm

    A townhouse development in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, is facing an unprecedented scourge from above. Thousands of seagulls have appeared, Alfred Hitchcock-like, except that instead of terrorizing citizens and pecking them to death, they are terrorizing them with their poop. It's gotten so bad that ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Chris Christie Mic-Checked by Occupy Protesters in Des Moines

    New Jersey governor Chris Christie was mic-checked by Occupy protesters yesterday at a Des Moines, Iowa. Christie seems relatively unfazed as the protesters chant "Put people first" (we think that's what they're saying, at least).

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Little Adolf Hitler's Parents Lose Custody of Their Latest Baby

    The parents of Adolf Hitler, the 5-year-old New Jersey child with the most unfortunate name, have had their newest baby, a boy named Hons Campbell, taken away from them as well. Adolf and his sisters, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie, were all taken into custody by New Jersey Yout ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2011

    Video Released of Escaped Baboon Capture in New Jersey

    We reported on Friday about the baboon that escaped from Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. The monkey was on the lam until officials from Great Adventure tranquilized and captured it on a farm in Howell yesterday. The above video from the Post shows police escorting the baboon on its perp wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Baboon Loose in Jackson, New Jersey, Outruns Police

    ​A baboon described as the size of a small dog, and the "primate with the red bottom," is eluding police in Jackson, New Jersey. At around 12:20pm today, it was seen "in a full run towards the east," presumably to get the hell out of town. Police spokesman Captain David Newman told the Asbury ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 29, 2011

    PUNK LOVE

    The Bouncing Souls do

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    The Week in Food Blogs: Pop-Up Dinners, Beachside Bars, Dining Pet Peeves

    This week is food blogs ... Eater rounded up 12 can't-miss pop-up dinners and specials around the city this month. Grub Street considered that maybe we should be judging wines by their labels. Atlantic Life had Sara Jenkins waxing poetic about why restaurant food will never measure up to home coo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Nick Sacco, New Jersey Mayor, Reps North Bergen in Budget Political Ad

    "The streets are clean and the parks are beautiful," says a citizen in a thrilling last-minute political ad for Nick Sacco of North Bergen, New Jersey, the mayor (and state senator!) aiming for reelection tomorrow. But the spot's real star is Tyler "TyAlaxandar" Griffin, a young rapper whose infecti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Medical Marijuana Could Soon Come Without the High

    ​The New Scientist confusingly calls a new set of experiments "ingenious" for separating the "mind-alterting" effects of weed from the "pain-relieving" parts. These nerds seem to be missing the point, spoiled stoners would argue. The studies might possibly lead to "cannabis-like drugs that pro ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2011

    Ben & Vesper

    ​The New Scientist confusingly calls a new set of experiments "ingenious" for separating the "mind-alterting" effects of weed from the "pain-relieving" parts. These nerds seem to be missing the point, spoiled stoners would argue. The studies might possibly lead to "cannabis-like drugs that pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Live: The New Jersey Monster-Truck Jam Is Decadent And Depraved

    All hail Grave Digger. Pics by Chris.​Monster Jam The Izod Center Friday, February 5 Better Than: Almost anything else in the state of New Jersey We all know the drill at a monster-truck rally: It's like an air show on the ground. We come to these kind of things to see the bravery, the stupi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Magnolia Sets Up Mission Control in Harlem, Readies for World Domination

    Then one day, the cupcakes started eating us.​The cupcake cartel that is Magnolia isn't just opening five new locations around the country. It's priming itself for world domination with a new 5,200-square-foot production facility in Harlem, according to the Wall Street Journal. The new factory ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Tickets For The Last Prince Show At Madison Square Garden Are On Sale At Noon

    ​A brief public service announcement: Prince's NYC-and-surrounding-environs run may begin next week at New Jersey's Izod Center (on December 15th, not 14th, as you recall), but it's stretching on for awhile, and if you've been shut out for tickets thus far, today's perhaps your last chance to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Magnolia Gets Its Sticky Fingers on the Upper East Side, Long Island, and New Jersey

    zhippo.com​Today in non-shockers, Magnolia Bakery is continuing to replicate like bedbugs in an abandoned sofa: per Eater, the root of all evil cupcakerie is planning to open locations in the Upper East Side Bloomingdale's, Long Island, and in New Jersey's Short Hill mall. We're hard-pressed t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2010

    New Jersey Inching Toward Medical Marijuana, But It Won't Be the "Good Stuff"

    NJ Stoners​Ailing New Jersey residents may be smoking medical marijuana by next summer thanks to a compromise reached between Governor Chris Christie and weed advocates, who thought they had won when previous Governor Jon Corzine signed a law legalizing the treatment on his way out of office. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2010

    What Was All That Smoke Last Night?

    via / via​If you're a New York City resident, and especially if you live in Brooklyn or Queens, you might have noticed the strong smell of burning rubber beginning at around 2 a.m. on Sunday. Smoke hung in the air and even filled subway stations, giving the mistaken impression that something o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Watch The Clip For Screaming Females' "I Don't Mind It"

    Here we have an idle notebook doodle turned Technicolor jumble turned disquieting cartoon orgy, all in the name of "I Don't Mind It," the latest garage-pop thunderclap from New Jersey basement-destroyers Screaming Females, led by snarling guitar heroine Marissa Paternoster, with whom we remain obs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    "What's Going On Later?"

    ​I can't stand it when friends utter those mercenary words. What they really mean is "Do you have anything fabulous to do that would make it worth my getting together with you?" It's all about trying to figure out if you can brighten their schedule, and if you can, then you might be worthy of ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 11, 2010

    Julian Lynch

    ​I can't stand it when friends utter those mercenary words. What they really mean is "Do you have anything fabulous to do that would make it worth my getting together with you?" It's all about trying to figure out if you can brighten their schedule, and if you can, then you might be worthy of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    BREAKING: Snooki from Jersey Shore Arrested in Seaside Heights

    ​TMZ is reporting that Jersey Shore's Snooki has been arrested in Seaside Heights, N.J., for disorderly conduct. Apparently earlier today "she was partying on the beach with a beer bong .. only she was filling it up with Coca-Cola," whatever that means. The police have her in custody. No wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Cherry Tomatoes Have Arrived With a Vengeance

    ​A stroll through the Union Square farmer's market about half an hour ago turned up a bounty of wee tomatoes. While the regular-sized fruits have been at the market for a few weeks now, the cherry variety, which includes the orange-hued Sun Golds, seen above, have been a rarer sight. But now t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2010

    Red Bull Arena Opens, Provides Jolt to Frozen Fans

    ​The metro area's soccer team named after an energy drink (the franchise is Red Bull New York, the team is the New York Red Bulls — if you think this is confusing, don't even try to wrap your brain around the two competing Manchester Uniteds) held their first official league game at thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    T.I. Brings Fellatio, Scandal to Downtown Newark

    Photo via NJ.com/The Star-Ledger​We're gonna go out on a limb and say that it's the dude's hand that does it, the right one, in this billboard recently thrown up by T.I.'s Akoo clothing line--something about lovingly clutching a girl's head to your unbuckled crotch just screams fellatio, or do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    forgetters, Screaming Females, JEFF the Brotherhood Playing Bowery Ballroom Next Month

    ​Three SOTC obsessions in the same building, as part of the New Jersey label Don Giovanni's showcase at Bowery Ballroom on February 6th with Shellshag, the Measure, Black Wine, and Groucho Marxists. Tickets still available. Definitely the most official show the forgetters have yet to play. Not ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 22, 2009

    Steel Train

    ​Three SOTC obsessions in the same building, as part of the New Jersey label Don Giovanni's showcase at Bowery Ballroom on February 6th with Shellshag, the Measure, Black Wine, and Groucho Marxists. Tickets still available. Definitely the most official show the forgetters have yet to play. Not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    I, Locavore: Bobolink Dairy's Duck Fat Ciabatta and Cheddar

    Duck fat-roasted garlic ciabatta​ Nina and Jonathan White own a 200-acre farm in Vernon, New Jersey, where they raise about 30 mixed breed cows, including the Bobolink Black, a result of crossing modern dairy breeds (like Jersey) with Irish Kerry cattle. The cows graze on pasture, are milked s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Bruce Springsteen Joins the Gaslight Anthem for "The '59 Sound" at Glastonbury

    Concertgoers at Saturday's Glastonbury Festival got an epic New Jersey surprise when the Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon announced, three songs into a nine song set, "I think I can hear the sound of my hometown." Cue fellow Jersey boy Bruce Springsteen, who joined the band for a ridiculously convin ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2009

    The Feelies

    Concertgoers at Saturday's Glastonbury Festival got an epic New Jersey surprise when the Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon announced, three songs into a nine song set, "I think I can hear the sound of my hometown." Cue fellow Jersey boy Bruce Springsteen, who joined the band for a ridiculously convin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Studies in Crap Treats You To "Over Sexteen" And Its NSFW 1951 Cartoon Boob Fake-Out!

    Concertgoers at Saturday's Glastonbury Festival got an epic New Jersey surprise when the Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon announced, three songs into a nine song set, "I think I can hear the sound of my hometown." Cue fellow Jersey boy Bruce Springsteen, who joined the band for a ridiculously convin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Weiner Wants Subway Cars Dumped in the River

    Concertgoers at Saturday's Glastonbury Festival got an epic New Jersey surprise when the Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon announced, three songs into a nine song set, "I think I can hear the sound of my hometown." Cue fellow Jersey boy Bruce Springsteen, who joined the band for a ridiculously convin ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 2, 2007

    Horoscope

    Concertgoers at Saturday's Glastonbury Festival got an epic New Jersey surprise when the Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon announced, three songs into a nine song set, "I think I can hear the sound of my hometown." Cue fellow Jersey boy Bruce Springsteen, who joined the band for a ridiculously convin ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 2006

    Putting God in His Place

    New Jersey student-warrior for the Constitution gets a death threat

  • News

    February 14, 2006

    The Adult Children of New Jersey

    Garden State tries novel way to keep young people insured

  • NYC Life

    January 25, 2005

    The Land of the Rising Sun—Through the Lincoln Tunnel

    Japanese food mall Mitsuwa takes diners on a journey

  • News

    June 10, 2003

    An Informed Citizenry

    Telling Trend Takes Hold

  • News

    September 3, 2002

    Marriage of Inconvenience

    NYC Splits With State Over Gay Rites

  • Dance

    July 23, 2002

    Sacred Spaces

    NYC Splits With State Over Gay Rites

  • News

    February 26, 2002

    They Cover the Waterfront

    The Mob's Latest Maritime Maneuvers

  • NYC Life

    May 29, 2001

    Rock: One-Offs

    Disappearing Acts

  • News

    January 16, 2001

    Giuliani and Sports Celebrations, Perfect Together

    Who Loves a Parade?

  • News

    December 15, 1998

    Giuliani Trashed

    Who Loves a Parade?

  • News

    June 9, 1998

    Driving While Black

    Fear & Loathing on the New Jersey Turnpike

  • More >>
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